I.Committee Reports

B.The
Taum Sauk hike will be a modified hike this year. There will be a 3
mile hike on Saturday and Sunday they will visit the Electricity Plant and
Museum in the area before returning home. The troop will pay for the
camping expenses and the patrols will prepare the food. It is planned to
leave the VFW at 7:00 a.m. on March 19th.

C.There
will be 36 scouts going to Jamboree from this area. Wesley Spinks will be
quartermaster and Brent Wessel will be assistant chaplain.

D.Trade-O-Ree
will be March 11th and 12th. We have a
coordinator for this event. THANK YOU Mr. Hinton!!!!!! He will sign
up boys and workers for Trade-O-Ree. It was decided at the
Scoutmaster’s meeting that for the first time, 1st Class and
above Scouts can work at the Trade-O-Ree to earn money for their
individual accounts. (They use this money to pay for scout camp or anything
else that has to do with scouting.) If you or your scout are interested
in working at Trade-O-Ree, please see Mr. Hinton. Set up will be Thursday
night. So far 36 tables have been sold but more is expected. There
will also be an auction as well as a silent auction at Trade-O-Ree. Half
of the proceeds from the auctions will go to the James A. Kinder building at CampLawallen.

E.The
Troop 5 Court of Honor was held February 27th at the Elks
Lodge. Congratulations to all the boys for their merit badge
achievements, their advancements and particularly our two new Eagle Scouts,
Will Lafoe and Jim Flesher.

F.If you were at the Court of Honor you are aware that Assistant
Scoutmaster James Kinder was chosen to receive the St. George award from his
church. The presentation took place in Belleville,
IL the same time as our Court of
Honor. This is the highest scouting award that can be presented to a
scouter from the Catholic Church. We are very proud of his accomplishment.

New Business

I would like to thank everyone who helped in some way to
make this Court of Honor such a success. Thanks to Joyce Renaud and Susan
Gentry for helping the Eagle Parents with food and decorations for this
event. A great big thank you to Rhonda Wessel for putting together the
program for Court of Honor. And a thanks to all the behind the scenes
people who set up chairs, and had everything ready when we walked in. A
special thanks on my part to all of you who came to our aid when Matt had his
injury. We didn’t have to get the ice, paper towels, Kleenex, etc.
our scouting family took care of us and we appreciate you!

Senior Patrol Leader, Will Lafoe has two programs planned
so far this month and they include a presentation by Shane Todd about what to
do during a natural disaster and the second program will be from the Salvation
Army.

The Shiloh Campout listed on the Troop Calendar for April
15, 16 and 17 has been changed to a campout at HahnState Park. We will
leave Saturday morning April 16th at 7:00 a.m.

Our April calendar is full to bursting. They will
decide at the Scoutmasters meeting which, if any, activities we will be unable
to participate in. However, input from the parent’s committee
is welcome. The activities are as follows: